﻿/*
 * Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Constantijn Evenhuis (blueprints@const.nl)
 * 
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 * 
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 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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 * SOFTWARE.
 */
using Blueprints.IO;
using System;

namespace Blueprints.Validation
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Validates blueprints.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IValidationProvider : IDisposable
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Clears the cache, causing external documents to be inspected again.
        /// </summary>
        void ClearCache();

        /// <summary>
        /// Validates a blueprint.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="reader">The reader from which to read the blueprint.</param>
        /// <param name="rootType">The name of the type of the root object.</param>
        /// <returns>The validated root node.</returns>
        IValidatedNode Validate(IBlueprintReader reader, string rootType);
    }
}